Did the rest of you read Perry Mason books? I think I read my first one after I'd read all the Agatha Christie books I could get my hands on at the liquor store - my one source for buying books as I remember. They had one of those paperback spinners - I have no idea what other kinds of books they had in there - but I remember getting my mysteries there.
I have a special project going at the library right now - repairing and putting new covers on the Erle Stanley Gardner collection. It's been great fun going through them all. We don't have a complete collection, but what we have came from the author's personal library. His wife donated them after his death. They're pretty fragile, but they circulate regularly and we do our best to keep them glued together. Prices are astonishing - the cover price on one of them was $1. The covers can be pretty lurid, like old Police Gazette covers.
I'm always looking for new series to read, so I think I'll start this one to see if I still enjoy them. The Case of the Velvet Claws is the first, published in 1933. I'll let you know how it goes.
Monday, August 5, 2013
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